___________________ . Conflicts are now brewing over rivers and river basins shared by many countries around the world. This is not unexpected, given the fact that more than two hundred water bodies are shared by two or more countries. Strife over water, for example, is erupting throughout the Middle East, from the watersheds of the Nile to the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.

The world does not consider water to be the scarce resource it is

It might be a cliche, but given how scarce it is, water is the new oil of the 21st century

With water becoming increasingly scarce and development of new sources of water extremely costly, international water tensions are expected to rise

Fresh water is increasingly in short supply, with nearly two-thirds of the global population living in water-stressed conditions